Business Recap: Mortgage financing reaches LE 650 million
CAIRO: Mortgage Finance Authority (MFA) Chairman Osama Saleh announced Monday total lending under the government s revised mortgage finance system had reached LE 650 million by the end of September.…
Egypt coaxing Russia to set up shop in local industries
Associated PressMOSCOW: Egypt is offering incentives in an attempt to lure Russian companies to set up operations there in pharmaceuticals, energy and other industries, President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday on…
Efad Holding launches subsidiary in Egypt
CEO: company looking to duplicate Kuwaiti business model locallyCAIRO: Kuwait s Efad Holding, a private company with 16 subsidiaries operating in the real estate, transportation and banking sectors in the…
One American's wish for a more peaceful world
My wish for my country is that we would stop being hypocrites and demand that the Bush administration ends the increasing cycle of violence and suffering in Iraq. If an…
Scribo Ergo Sum
What do you have to say?CAIRO: Over the last few years, blogging has become more and more popular. Blogs, previously referred to as 'web logs' and eventually shortened to the…
Sports Talk: Paradigm of pride; icon gets a facelift
Renovation of Cairo Stadium on the blockCAIRO: Cairo Stadium, one of Egypt's grandest symbols of independence, will ironically soon fall into foreign hands. Like Marlon Brando before his death, the…
Bird flu to remain major threat for next decade: UN
CAIRO: Avian influenza is likely to remain a significant global threat for animals and humans for the next decade, top UN coordinator David Nabarro said Thursday. The virus is likely…
Fashion Focus: It's in the jeans for fashion-seekers or young punks alike
Denim has broken both class and national boundariesWhat would we do without jeans?That infinitely comfortable pair of pants that matches everything in our wardrobes is gradually becoming more and more…
Start fighting off colds and flu before they appear
Some precautions to stave off a winter of miseryALEXANDRIA: Half the office is absent. The other half is walking around with a red nose and a tissue in hand. It's…
Sci-tech: A vote for WiMax is a vote for your future
What WiMax is, what it stands for, and what it can do for your countryA seasoned taxi driver in Cairo can light his cigarette, change tapes on his cassette player,…
